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Benoît (/bɛˈnɔɪ.ɪt/ or /bɪˈnɔɪt/; [bənwa]) is a French male given name. It is less frequently spelled Benoist. The name comes from the Latin word "benedictus", which means "the one who says the good", equivalent in meaning to Bénédicte or the English name Benedict. The female form of the name is Benoîte.

The personal name Benoît is to be distinguished from Benoit as a family name, which is usually spelled without the circumflex accent. Early form of the name was spelled with an "s" (Benoist), but as with many words in the French language, the "s" was eventually replaced with a circumflex accent over the "i".

Benoît in other languages

  • Aragonese: Benedet
  • Breton: Beneat
  • Catalan : Benet
  • Croatian : Benedikt
  • Danish: Benedikt, Bendt
  • Czech: Benedikt, Beneš
  • Dutch: Benedictus, Benoot
  • English: Benedict
  • Finnish: Benediktus, Pentti
  • Galician : Bieito
  • German : Benedikt
  • Greek: Βενέδικτος (Venediktos)
  • Hungarian: Benedek
  • Irish: Bennett
  • Italian: Benedetto, Benito
  • Latin: Benedictus
  • Latvian: Benedikts, Bendiks, Benis
  • Norwegian: Benedikt, Bendik
  • Polish: Benedykt
  • Portuguese: Benedito, Bento
  • Provençal: Bénézet
  • Romanian: Benedict
  • Russian: Венедикт
  • Slovak: Benedikt, Beňadik
  • Slovenian: Benedikt
  • Spanish: Benedicto, Benito
  • Swedish: Benedikt, Bengt
  • Ukrainian: Бенедикт, Венедикт
  • Yiddish: Benesh

Benoit as a given name

  • Benoist Simmat , French author and journalist
  • Benoist Stehlin (ca. 1732-1774), French harpsichord builder
  • Benoît Assou-Ekotto (born 1984), Cameroonian footballer
  • Benoit Benjamin (born 1964), American basketball player
  • Benoît Bouchard (born 1940), Canadian public official and former politician
  • Benoît Brunet (born 1968), Canadian retired hockey player
  • Benoît Charest (born 1964), Canadian guitarist and film score composer
  • Benoit Charette (born 1976), Canadian politician
  • Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (1799–1864), French engineer and physicist
  • Benoît-Constant Coquelin (1841–1909), French stage and film actor
  • Benoît David (born 1966), Canadian singer
  • Benoît Dorémus (born 1980) French singer-songwriter
  • Benoît Ferreux (born 1955), French film actor
  • Benoît Jacquot (born 1947), French film director
  • Benoît Hamon (born 1967), French former MEP and current spokesperson for the Socialist Party of France
  • Benoît Hogue (born 1966), Canadian retired hockey player
  • Benoît Magimel (born 1974), French actor
  • Benoît Mandelbrot (1924–2010), French mathematician, the "father of fractal geometry"
  • Benoît Paire (born 1989), French professional tennis player
  • Benoît Pedretti (born 1980), French football (soccer) player
  • Benoît Peeters (born 1956), French comics writer, novelist, and critic
  • Benoît Poelvoorde (born 1964), Belgian actor
  • Benoît de Sainte-Maure (before 1160 – 1173), medieval French poet
  • Benoît Sokal (born 1954), Belgian comic artist and video game developer
  • Benoît Tréluyer (born 1976), French race car driver
  • Benoît Tremblay (born 1948), former member of the Canadian House of Commons
  • Benoît Vaugrenard (born 1982), French professional cyclist

Benoit as a family name